Hey, wherever you read that they were very off base. Generally the earlier you start, the more time the plant has to gain size and budding sites and the more you'll get. beginning of june is fine too, but I start the middle of May. As far as flowering if you start earlier the plant will be more sexually mature and more likely to flower just as soon as the photoperiod allows, hence harvest a few weeks earlier than if you planted in say middle of june. She's most likely about to flower in the next few weeks and her growth will greatly slow for 1-2 weeks as she hits puberty of sorts, lol. then it will continue to grow 2 or 3 feet taller as it is flowering. When you read that it flowers for 7-8 weeks that was probably forindoor growing, however, outdoors flowering can be a slightly different time frame and she'll probably be finished the first or second week of october either way. Well, enough ramling for me, good luck and happy harvest.